25G - ENGINEERING SRVS GRADE SEPARATION

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~`~II °.II fl rc 1111111 "1111 where projects with environmental approval are clearly IIL IIL. IIL.. 111111 favored. We understand clean this ro~ectis rou ed b Y p J g p Y The purpose of this Project Approach is to demonstrate to OCTA into the next phase of grade separation projects, with the City of Santa Ana (City) our team's grasp of the project the current phase under design, so with this next phase, there challenges and key issues, and to demonstrate our ability to may be stiff competition from other projects/cities with OCTA achieve the project objectives efficiently, cost effectively, and for a potentially limited pool of available funds. Moving Santa expediently. Our technical review of the project requirements Ana Boulevard ahead of the others likely will yield budgetary and the site-specific constraints has enabled us to identify a dividends. number of key project objectives: We also provide, within AECOM, the ability to seek project Maximize the City's "Bang for their Budget" funding. On our team is Mr. John Barna, whose expertise Effective coordination with Southern California is project funding. As a former member of the California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) and the Orange County Transportation Commission (CTC), Mr. Barna was intimately Transportation Authority (OCTA) involved with project funding decisions made by the CTC. Define/maintain a realistic and comprehensive We plan on using Mr. Barna to assist our team and the City schedule for completion in the hunt for funding. Additionally, with a project that has Define a detailed scope of services sufficient to achieved environmental clearance at an early time within the eliminate contract change orders project's development, we will have a strong candidate for Maintain project budget any funding that can be identified and competed for. AECOM Identify and study (a minimum of) three (3) alternatives also has advocates that can seek out funding opportunities at that meet the need and purpose of the project the Federal level. Maintenance of traffic during construction II I~ I I~ I I I .,I i i i ~ ~ It is very critical to the success of this project to effectively We have visited the project site, have come to a clear coordinate and communicate with both SCRRA and OCTA. understanding of the project challenges and issues, have As the City well knows, the railroad right of way within the reviewed the scope of services, and have produced a schedule for the completion of the scope of services. During this time of coming to a thorough understanding of the project, we have arrived at the conclusion the City can get more for the budget they have allotted for this phase of the project. We offer for the City's consideration, to complete this phase and the next phase of the project, the Project Approval/Environmental Document (PA/ED) Phase, for less than the $1.3M stated as the Project Budget on page 15 of the RFP. Therefore, we propose to complete a PSRE, a Project Report, and obtain environmental approval through an approved ED for the project, all for under the budgeted amount listed in the RFP. We can say this because we have solicited a complete scope of services and a fee for obtaining environmental clearance from our subconsultant ICF-Jones and Stokes. The full scope for this is included for the City's u reference in the appendix, along with a schedule for this u proposed, expanded project definition. Our fee for this expanded project definition is included separately, along with our fee for the services defined in the RFP. ii This strategy yields benefit to the City for the delivery and completion of the project, since moving expediently into the environmental phase will result in better project readiness. The project becomes a real project sooner. With the environmental phase completed, it can be better positioned for funding, whether funding may ultimately come from OCTA, or from another source, such as Federal stimulus funds, a i , II II ~~r ~ II x „N~~~ ~~~~~~~W ~ I ' ~ III II I I I ir~ ~ ~ .